| DESCRIPTION |
Set of nine Georgian silver Old English/Hanoverian pattern four tine dessert forks, crested verso and with beautifully struck hallmarks. Dessert forks are probably the most difficult to find items of an 18th century canteen. Few
were made, almost none have survived. Here are nine from a very rare assay office shortly after it reopened and in perfect condition. I still tremble with excitement every time I handle them. |
| SILVERSMITH |
John Hampston & John Prince, this is the variant of their mark with mullets and standard serifs used in the early 1780s. |
| DATE or HALLMARK |
No date letter but the lack of duty mark also indicates a date 1780-83. |
| ASSAY OFFICE |
York |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS |
338 |
| LENGTH in INCHES |
6 ½+ |
| SILVER STANDARD |
.925 sterling silver |
| OVERALL CONDITION |
excellent and probably the finest examples of their type still in existence. |
